Stakeholders are promising to do more in the area of suicide prevention, especially child suicide, as they have, for the first time, developed a scorecard tool for media reporting on suicide. A stakeholder-consultative meeting also adopted the latest World Health Organization recommendations for media reporting on suicide. According to the WHO, there is a direct correlation between media reports about people who die by suicide and subsequent additional suicidal acts. This, they hope, will go a long way toward positively impacting preventive suicide. According to the World Health Organization, at least 700,000 people die annually due to suicide.
The Ghanaian government should provide rights-based mental health services and adequate support for housing, independent living, and job training for people
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The Ghanaian government should provide rights-based mental health services and adequate support for housing, independent living, and job training for people with mental health conditions. A new short film features people who were locked up because they have a mental health condition and who talk about what freedom and independence meant for their recovery.
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